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On August 26, 2021, the Supreme Court of Illinois published an opinion that the appellate court erred in holding that Roger Agpawa was not a qualified candidate for mayor of the City of Markham due to a 1999 federal felony mail fraud conviction, even though he obtained a document purporting to restore his citizenship rights from then-Governor ...
A Cook County judge on Thursday placed a Democrat and two Republicans vying for a spot on the Illinois Supreme Court back on the ballot after the Illinois State Board of Elections last month ...
Justices of the Supreme Court of Illinois are elected by district. Two seats held partisan elections. [1] Originally, two additional seats were scheduled as retention elections, however Justice Rita Garman retired on July 7, 2022, and the retention election for her seat was canceled. [2] The court has seven seats total separated into five ...
On Monday morning, September 13, 2010, while candidate Berrios was at a campaign fund-raising breakfast, [69] the Finance Committee of the Cook County Board met and approved a package of ethics reforms in response to Berrios, including a measure that required candidates for Assessor or the Board of Review to return contributions from property ...
The Illinois Supreme Court on Friday upheld a lower court ruling that tossed out a law barring political parties from choosing candidates for the General Assembly when they had no one run in a ...
Incumbent Mayor Lori Lightfoot ran for re-election, and faced eight challengers: Kam Buckner (member of Illinois House of Representatives), [3] Willie Wilson (businessman and perennial candidate), [4] [5] Roderick Sawyer (member of the Chicago City Council), [6] Sophia King (member of the Chicago City Council), [7] Ja'Mal Green (community ...
The 2020 Illinois judicial elections consisted of both partisan and retention elections, including those for three seats on the Supreme Court of Illinois and 10 seats in the Illinois Appellate Court. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Primary elections were held on March 17, 2020, and the general election was held on November 3, 2020.
The Supreme Court of Illinois is the state supreme court, the highest court of the judiciary of Illinois.The court's authority is granted in Article VI of the current Illinois Constitution, which provides for seven justices elected from the five appellate judicial districts of the state: three justices from the First District (Cook County) and one from each of the other four districts.